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Research Article | Open Access
Volume 12 2020 | None
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF PARTIALLY SUBSTITUTING POTABLE WATER WITH TREATED WASTEWATER ON THE STRENGTH OF M30 GRADE CONCRETE
Priyanka Chella, A.Narendra Babu, S Swetha, Bhavani Shankar
Pages: 764-776
Abstract
Concrete is the building material that is used most often all around the globe. In a number of nations, the lack of available water resources poses possibly the greatest serious threat to the environment. Only 2.5% of the world's total water is considered to be fresh water. The production of concrete alone consumes more than one trillion gallons of water each and every year around the planet. The amount of water that is used for industrial purposes continually rises throughout time. As a result, it is essential to undertake research into the possibility of partly or completely exchanging potable water for treated waste water in the production of concrete. The whole thing consisted of stringent laboratory trials, which included the manufacture of concrete cubes using water from various stages in the treatment process obtained from a sewage treatment facility, as well as various proportions of water to cement in the preparation of concrete mixes. The plan is to conduct experiments in which samples of recycled water are blended with potable water in several proportions (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% respectively). The compressive strength of concrete cubes was tested seven and twenty-eight days after casting. Tensile strength after a period of 28 days of splitting. The findings of this investigation revealed that the treated waste water that was put through the tests necessary to fulfil the standards to be utilised in concrete mixing. As a consequence of these findings, it seems that treated waste water may be used in the building and construction business. Portable water, sewage treated waste water, compressive strength, split tensile strength, and tensile strength are some of the key words here.
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Concrete is the building material that is used most often all around the globe.
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